Bui. 1061, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate !. 



A •'■'•ii- tocke l, '■'■<>•■ d-growth longlcaf pine stand, 70 years old, on a farm In Tattnall C ty, 



Oa, '11m i eragi about 70 feet in height and range up to 15 inches in diameter; they con- 



tain ;i total »>f aboul 30,000 board feel per acre ol saw I Ember. The presenl ovi nor pew upon 

 the farm and remembei the trees when the j were apling b aboul 10 years old. Tnelocation 

 i v.i tiii i, a few mil', of tin- railroad, and an ractive oflei bave repeatedly been made to the 

 ■ i f',r Hi'- timber to be u ed ;i piling and lumber and for turpentining. Fires bave 

 largely been kepi out. 



